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Work History
Education
Skills
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Certification
REFERENCES
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Lekha Khaitan

Bangalore

Summary

Mid-Senior level Junior Manager at Diageo India Business Services with 5years of experience in financial accounting, book closing, and reporting. Proficient in strengthening internal controls, improving processes, and leading balance sheet reviews at the enterprise level. Adaptable with abilities in leading and managing projects without the supervision of management. Experience ensuring all projects are within budgets, on time and in accordance with business needs.

Overview

8
years of professional experience
47
years of post-secondary education
1
Language
1
Certificate

Work History

Diageo India Business Services

Junior Manager
7 2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Work constructively towards addressing issues and gaps identified by Internal auditor/Governance team
  • Strengthen internal controls and improve processes
  • Document all processes for reporting like design documents etc
  • Financial Accounting, Book closing and Reporting.
  • Lead Balance sheet review at enterprise level, drive actionable on slow moving items, track actionable periodically and update the progress to management
  • Scheduled cross-team meetings, facilitated planning, note-taking and status updates for project execution.
  • Prepare Related party schedule and ensure appropriate disclosure
  • Prepared related party schedules, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and enhancing transparency, which facilitated accurate reporting and audits, contributing to a 15% decrease in audit preparation time.
  • Cultivated strong relationships with clients through excellent communication and service quality, fostering long-term loyalty.

Northern Trust

Financial Analyst
05.2018 - 08.2020

Job overview

  • Assisting in productions of daily, weekly and monthly Net Asset Values (NAVs)
  • Issue NAVs accurately and within defined timeframes
  • Deliver high quality service to customers by accurate, timely completion of all assigned tasks (which may be parts of larger processes) and requests for information
  • Own valuation process for assigned portfolios
  • Escalating fund accounting issues and aged items to Fund Accounting Team Lead
  • Perform tasks under supervision of defined processes or procedures and check for errors
  • Ensure procedures in relation to above tasks are adhered to
  • Collect, enter and extract data and undertake analysis as directed.
  • Act as effective team member within unit and with other units by imparting knowledge as appropriate.
  • Streamlined financial reporting for better decision-making with clear, concise analysis and presentation.

ASA and Assocaite

Accountant
01.2017 - 05.2018

Job overview

  • Ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards and reporting requirements
  • Working in Assurance division to perform audits or accounting advisory and report to manager concerned
  • Perform audit in accordance with firm methodology to comply with auditing standards
  • Ensure proper documentation of audit work performed.

Education

Bangalore University

BCOM

University Overview

Skills

Monthly Reporting

Timeline

Financial Analyst
Northern Trust
05.2018 - 08.2020
Accountant
ASA and Assocaite
01.2017 - 05.2018
Junior Manager
Diageo India Business Services
7 2021 - Current
Bangalore University
BCOM
04.2017

Certification

Financial Market, Coursera Course Certificates, 2024

REFERENCES

REFERENCES

1. Name : Mr. P K Rungta

Occupation : Chartered Accountant

Company / Organization : M/S. P K Rungta & Company

Contact No. : Cell- +919845032110



2. Name : Mr. Punith Jalan

Company Name : Sati Enterprises,

Contact No. : Cell +919845001010

Projects

Projects
  • Project Penzance, Diageo Business India Services, Implemented Project Penzance, transitioning risk management and exposure monitoring from Sterling to USD, resulting in updated Tier 2 hedging limit from £60m to $85m, and ensuring alignment with revised Treasury limits.
  • Project North Star, Diageo India Business Services, Developed a comprehensive solution for a comprehensive solution for automating journal entries via a consolidated template, reducing manual data entry errors by 35% and enhancing process efficiency across finance departments.
Lekha Khaitan